The first song remembers me my father because he likes very much his types of songs, he always hears those songs when he gets to the house on saturdays after the beach. I imagine him sitting on the sofa hearing this song. My father is the type of person who likes music with instruments like pianos, violins, and those types of instruments. He really likes this type of music.
When I hear this song I remember the movie of Coyote Ugly. I remember this movie because there is a part on the movie when all the girls on the bar start dancing this type of music and they did very cool dances. I remember that they did like type of cowbow dances and it was very cool. This was the first thing that I picture in my mind when I heard this song.
The third song make me imagine that I was older and that one they I went to the farm with all my family. I was very bored sitting under a tree. Later the man that takes care of the farm told me to help him take fruits of the trees. I was so bored that I thought it was a good idea so I stood up and go with him to take fruits. Later the man told me that he was going to look for his guitar. He came and he started playing a song in the guitar and then he started singing. I like very much the song he was playing so I began to dance beside him and running through the trees dancing. Then all the people form the other farms get to this farm and started dancing with me, I had a great time while I dance. This is the first thing that I imagine while I heard this song.
Monday, March 26, 2007
Friday, March 23, 2007
Teen Life Project.. A Great Experience!
When Mr. Hide told us about doing this I project I thought is was going to be really boring. He told us that it was going to be a very long project that requires a lot of information, so I really thought I dint wanted to make this project. While I started doing all the posts all the weeks I thought that each time I was learning more and it was being very interesting, and it was. Later we talk with the people of the other countries and I think it was really cool, so I start liking this project a lot and learning many things. At the end of this project I really think that is was one of the best projects that I had done!
I think that I choose the best choice by picking bulimia because I had learned a lot about it and I think that it was very interesting. Each time that I wrote about bulimia I learned more and discovered many things. One of the best things that I thought of doing this project was sharing with people of different countries, I think that this was a excellent opportunity to share with other people and this project was different from all the other projects that I had done. I think it was very cool to share ideas with other people and have their opinion and suggestions. I think that together the people of the other countries and me had done a good job in this project and I hope they had learned as much as I did. The teen life project was a great experience to me especially because I had learned a lot about bulimia and also sharing with other people was great!
I think that I choose the best choice by picking bulimia because I had learned a lot about it and I think that it was very interesting. Each time that I wrote about bulimia I learned more and discovered many things. One of the best things that I thought of doing this project was sharing with people of different countries, I think that this was a excellent opportunity to share with other people and this project was different from all the other projects that I had done. I think it was very cool to share ideas with other people and have their opinion and suggestions. I think that together the people of the other countries and me had done a good job in this project and I hope they had learned as much as I did. The teen life project was a great experience to me especially because I had learned a lot about bulimia and also sharing with other people was great!
Monday, February 19, 2007
Bulimia
Bulimia is an eating disorder that is more common in women on their 20's. People with bulimia binges eat at least two times at a week for at least 3 months. They use a lot of things to help them be thin and prevent to gain weight like laxatives, a lot of dieting, excessive amount of exercise, diuretics, and obviously vomiting. These people are never happy with their bodies; they always want to be thinner. Bulimics usually maintain a healthy weight while anorexia is often a severe loss of weight. People with bulimia usually have a puffy face; they also have swollen fingers and discolored teeth. They go to the bathroom a lot after eating to purge. Bulimia damages the digestive system and affects electrolyte balances which damages organs. The excess of purging possibly could rapture the esophagus. Bulimia causes fatigue, so then they start to eat in excess and then they purge. Bulimia also causes depression, and usually people with bulimia uses drugs. Also they have stomach pains and irregular heart rate. When you purge the stomach acids ruin your teeth, so the teeth decay. To eliminating bulimia they main thing that doctors try to do is to eliminating binging and purging. They also force the person to eat three meals a day and exercise but not excessively and treat psychological issues such as mood or anxiety disorders.
I think that bulimia is the most damaging eating disorder the same as anorexia. I think that bulimia requires a lot of help and a long treatment to help the person gain their normal weight again and healthier, but I think that the most important think to recover of bulimia is that the person wants to recover, because then they will never recover because they would not follow the things that doctors or the person that helps them said them to do. I think that if the person don’t do what they have to do to recover they would never recover so they would have serious problems like death, and I think is not fair that people dies only because they don’t like their bodies and they want to be thin. But almost all of the time people with bulimia recover faster than the people with anorexia. And anorexia is worse than bulimia because they think that they are really fat and want to be thinner each time and they are really disappearing.
I think that bulimia is the most damaging eating disorder the same as anorexia. I think that bulimia requires a lot of help and a long treatment to help the person gain their normal weight again and healthier, but I think that the most important think to recover of bulimia is that the person wants to recover, because then they will never recover because they would not follow the things that doctors or the person that helps them said them to do. I think that if the person don’t do what they have to do to recover they would never recover so they would have serious problems like death, and I think is not fair that people dies only because they don’t like their bodies and they want to be thin. But almost all of the time people with bulimia recover faster than the people with anorexia. And anorexia is worse than bulimia because they think that they are really fat and want to be thinner each time and they are really disappearing.
How you know, bulimia is a very bad eating disorder that can have severe problems. If you don’t have a good treatment if you get on bulimia, how I said you need to have doctors, nutritionists, or any person that helps you to have a very good treatment on you. Bulimia is an eating disorder very harmful and not everyone has the opportunity to out of it, so you might not get on bulimia and start getting worried about other things like school, your health, and many other important things and not about your body shape and trying to be thin because it will harm you a lot. Well, how you know, I will be writing more about eating disorder and specially bulimia. I hope you had learned and be concerned of the consequences of bulimia. Talk you later! Bye.
Monday, February 12, 2007
Binge Eaters and Eating Disorders
Bnge eating is surpassing anorexia and bulimia. Today binge eating is affecting more people than anorexia and bulimia, 3.5 percent of women and 2 percent of men are affected by binge eating. Binge eaters are the ones that eat large amounts of food and do not purge. Anorexia affects 0.9 percent of women and 0.3 percent of men while bulimia affects 1.5 percent of women and 0.5 percent of men. Signs when a person is having a problem with eating disorders are when that person stops eating during a time and then they start eating large amounts of food excesses and they think that no one is seeing them. Binge eating has many risks like all of the eating disorders. Binge eaters have the risk to high cholesterol, diabetes, and heart diseases. In the USA government is working very hard to find new treatments for eating disorders and they are trying to stop eating disorders trying to do many things and trying to give the best help to people with these problems.
I am really very impressed. I did never think that binge eaters will be more common than people with bulimia or anorexia. But I still think that anorexia and bulimia is worst than binge eaters because specially those teenagers and adolescents are always being worried because of their bodies because they are never comfort with their bodies. One problem is that teenagers always see those famous people like actors, models, etc. they always want to be like them, so they always try to be thinner like those people. one example is Lindsay Lohan, she is an actress that suffer with bulimia and her fans wanted to be like her. I had never seen a famous person with binge eating problems, but I had see tons of people is the United States which each time is fatter and fatter. That is why I think that binge eating is surpassing anorexia and bulimia. I think that fast food restaurants has something to be with binge eating problems. Each time in the united states I see more fat food restaurants and some people get obsessed with them, for example Mc Donald’s. There are some documentaries that talks about this problems with fat people in the united states and specially with Mc Donald’s. I really think that is the time for people to start disappearing some of the Mc Donald’s restaurants because they are in all the united states and they are affecting to many people and I think that this should stop as fast as they can stop it.
Well, as you know all the weeks I will be telling you more information about eating disorders, each time I get more interested in this because each time I found more information and learn about eating disorders and things that I really get impressed like the one that I talked about that binge eaters are getting more common than anorexia and bulimia. But I think all those eating disorders should stop because they affect people and also kills people and I think is not a good think that we loose people only because they one to be to thin or they get obsessed with food and cant stop eating. I expect to learn more about eating disorders by the people who is also interested like me. Talk you later, Bye!
I am really very impressed. I did never think that binge eaters will be more common than people with bulimia or anorexia. But I still think that anorexia and bulimia is worst than binge eaters because specially those teenagers and adolescents are always being worried because of their bodies because they are never comfort with their bodies. One problem is that teenagers always see those famous people like actors, models, etc. they always want to be like them, so they always try to be thinner like those people. one example is Lindsay Lohan, she is an actress that suffer with bulimia and her fans wanted to be like her. I had never seen a famous person with binge eating problems, but I had see tons of people is the United States which each time is fatter and fatter. That is why I think that binge eating is surpassing anorexia and bulimia. I think that fast food restaurants has something to be with binge eating problems. Each time in the united states I see more fat food restaurants and some people get obsessed with them, for example Mc Donald’s. There are some documentaries that talks about this problems with fat people in the united states and specially with Mc Donald’s. I really think that is the time for people to start disappearing some of the Mc Donald’s restaurants because they are in all the united states and they are affecting to many people and I think that this should stop as fast as they can stop it.
Well, as you know all the weeks I will be telling you more information about eating disorders, each time I get more interested in this because each time I found more information and learn about eating disorders and things that I really get impressed like the one that I talked about that binge eaters are getting more common than anorexia and bulimia. But I think all those eating disorders should stop because they affect people and also kills people and I think is not a good think that we loose people only because they one to be to thin or they get obsessed with food and cant stop eating. I expect to learn more about eating disorders by the people who is also interested like me. Talk you later, Bye!
Saturday, February 10, 2007
Bulimia and Eating Desorders
Bulimia Nervosa is an eating disorder made by binge-eating and the need to be thin. Even people with bulimia who it’s an apple or a salad is considered binge-eating and you have to purge. Non-purging behaviors include fasting or exercise. People with bulimia the food is often been eat secretly and little chewing. People with bulimia often use drugs. People with bulimia also exercise a lot, and dieting. Purging is not necessary to lose weight. Bulimia had affected males but bulimia often affects young women and adolescent girls. Bulimia can affect people of any age. Bulimics may hide food. People with bulimia are always extremely concerned with their body weight and shape. When you purge you loose the minerals that your body needs to work properly. Purging causes swollen glands, inflammation, and the acids destroy the protective layer of the teeth. This problem affects mostly teen girls at the age of 12, 13, 14, all the way through an uncertain age because they start getting worried about being thin and obsessed to much with it each time more.
I think that bulimia is keeling lots and lots of people and with the only reason to be thin. I think that people should do a very big effort and try to find other ways to be thin and do not get too obsessed with the need to be thin, because being thin is not your life. This people are risking their life’s only to be thin, there are more important things in life to be worried about. this is affecting to many people and it worries me a lot. There are other eating disorders hat are killing a lot of people like anorexia and binge eating. And eating disorders are not only being thin, binge eating Is the people who eat too much and it is affecting also many people. I really think that people should stop. But i had learned that is very easy for me to say that people should stop, because I think that when people get in this they can hardly stop it. Anorexia is also an eating disorder and anorexia includes that the people sees on the mirror very fat and they are in a point like disappearing and they don’t have any idea. Each day I heard more and more people that has bulimia or other problems of eating disorders like anorexia, mostly famous people. For example Victoria Beckam, Lindsay Lohan, Christina Aguilera, Mary Kate Olsen and many other people has bulimia or anorexia or sometime had it. I am really worried about these problems.
I know that this information is not that much for people to realize that anorexia and bulimia and these eating disorders are killing to many people only for he need to be thing. And I really want that sometime people realize and stop doing it but how I told you this is to difficult for the people who gets into it. But I think this should change very fast, and I am only one person so I cannot change this alone but what I do want to make is the people to realize what is really happening. Later I would write more information about this, how you had enjoy it and that has been useful in someway.
I think that bulimia is keeling lots and lots of people and with the only reason to be thin. I think that people should do a very big effort and try to find other ways to be thin and do not get too obsessed with the need to be thin, because being thin is not your life. This people are risking their life’s only to be thin, there are more important things in life to be worried about. this is affecting to many people and it worries me a lot. There are other eating disorders hat are killing a lot of people like anorexia and binge eating. And eating disorders are not only being thin, binge eating Is the people who eat too much and it is affecting also many people. I really think that people should stop. But i had learned that is very easy for me to say that people should stop, because I think that when people get in this they can hardly stop it. Anorexia is also an eating disorder and anorexia includes that the people sees on the mirror very fat and they are in a point like disappearing and they don’t have any idea. Each day I heard more and more people that has bulimia or other problems of eating disorders like anorexia, mostly famous people. For example Victoria Beckam, Lindsay Lohan, Christina Aguilera, Mary Kate Olsen and many other people has bulimia or anorexia or sometime had it. I am really worried about these problems.
I know that this information is not that much for people to realize that anorexia and bulimia and these eating disorders are killing to many people only for he need to be thing. And I really want that sometime people realize and stop doing it but how I told you this is to difficult for the people who gets into it. But I think this should change very fast, and I am only one person so I cannot change this alone but what I do want to make is the people to realize what is really happening. Later I would write more information about this, how you had enjoy it and that has been useful in someway.
Monday, January 29, 2007
QUeStIoNs & AnSwErEs
Hi! April, from Mr.Fisher's class had asked us "How is our community like?"
Our community is really very small. But I love our community specially because is small almost all the people know in here. We have many friends from other schools and almost all of this people on the weekends we go to the same places and we have fun. Here in Cartagena we have like 6 towns, but really the most visited like on Fridays or Saturday people mostly goes to Castillo Grande or Bocandrande because in both of this towns are some restaurants and some cool places that people like to visit and have fun. For example, some of this places are like “el campito” which is a place were people goes to play football or baseball, people can also have pizza, or brownies. There also other restaurants that people visit often like Club Cartagena, in there they can go to the pool, or go and eat there and play football. There also other restaurants that people like to visit too like Mc Donalds, El corral, El Otoyal, etc. like I already told you, here in Cartagena almost all the people knows all the people so it is very cool and we have a lot of fun.
Do you think that global warming will harm your environment?
Actually I think that global warming has affected very much to us here in Cartagena. Global warming has affect us because in Cartagena sea level is actually getting higher and higher and later when years had passed Cartagena is going to flood in a period because of global warming each time ice is melting each time more so I think that it is affecting us in some way. Global warming has also made us have here in Cartagena lots of floods in some places where people suffer a lot and they pass a very difficult time with this strong floods so I thing global warming is affecting in some way all the world so something has to be done to help stop this because years later we are going to have a lot of problems.
What are the temperatures like where you live: high, low, or in between?
Well, here in Cartagena actually most of the time, or we can say all the time is really really hot! Specially there a some days that I don’t now what to do! I really get stressed because of the hot temperatures here in Cartagena. But they are some days in which is still hot but you can resist it and is a good climate, for my opinion. This days in which you could say that is not too hot is specially in the month of December. I think that in December we have a good climate and not like other days that I really don’t know what to do and I stress myself. But on this days that is very hot and it makes a lot of sun, I look for the positive things, for example, on this days I go with my friends to the pool or to the beach and we have a lot of fun getting tan, and this opportunity many people that live in other places do not have it. So I look for the good things when there are too hot temperatures, but sometimes it is still terrible!
Our community is really very small. But I love our community specially because is small almost all the people know in here. We have many friends from other schools and almost all of this people on the weekends we go to the same places and we have fun. Here in Cartagena we have like 6 towns, but really the most visited like on Fridays or Saturday people mostly goes to Castillo Grande or Bocandrande because in both of this towns are some restaurants and some cool places that people like to visit and have fun. For example, some of this places are like “el campito” which is a place were people goes to play football or baseball, people can also have pizza, or brownies. There also other restaurants that people visit often like Club Cartagena, in there they can go to the pool, or go and eat there and play football. There also other restaurants that people like to visit too like Mc Donalds, El corral, El Otoyal, etc. like I already told you, here in Cartagena almost all the people knows all the people so it is very cool and we have a lot of fun.
Do you think that global warming will harm your environment?
Actually I think that global warming has affected very much to us here in Cartagena. Global warming has affect us because in Cartagena sea level is actually getting higher and higher and later when years had passed Cartagena is going to flood in a period because of global warming each time ice is melting each time more so I think that it is affecting us in some way. Global warming has also made us have here in Cartagena lots of floods in some places where people suffer a lot and they pass a very difficult time with this strong floods so I thing global warming is affecting in some way all the world so something has to be done to help stop this because years later we are going to have a lot of problems.
What are the temperatures like where you live: high, low, or in between?
Well, here in Cartagena actually most of the time, or we can say all the time is really really hot! Specially there a some days that I don’t now what to do! I really get stressed because of the hot temperatures here in Cartagena. But they are some days in which is still hot but you can resist it and is a good climate, for my opinion. This days in which you could say that is not too hot is specially in the month of December. I think that in December we have a good climate and not like other days that I really don’t know what to do and I stress myself. But on this days that is very hot and it makes a lot of sun, I look for the positive things, for example, on this days I go with my friends to the pool or to the beach and we have a lot of fun getting tan, and this opportunity many people that live in other places do not have it. So I look for the good things when there are too hot temperatures, but sometimes it is still terrible!
Monday, January 15, 2007
-*-About Me-*-
Hey! My name is Victoria, most people call me Vito. I am 12 years old and in February I turn into 13. I am in 7 grade and my school is called "Colegio Jorge Washington". I am from Cartagena, Colombia. I have a teacher called Mr. Hide, he is a great teacher. Mr. Hide has assigned us a project witch I think is very interesting project especially because we can talk about what everything we want too and express ourselves saying what we think. I really think this is an interesting project. In this project we have to talk about some issues that we are interested and worried about, I have three themes that really worried me and concerned me which are alcohol and drugs, parents education, and second hand smoking.
Well, I think that one of the most important issue that I first think about was of the people that are consuming alcohol and drugs very much. And what more worries me about this is that children like of only 13, 14, 15, and so on are drinking too much alcohol. And if this people at this age are starting drinking, how is going to be on the future? What more concerns me about this is that this is affecting also other people. for example, many accidents had occur because of drunk people driving, and the rest of the people in the car is also affected by this accident and many people had died by this, and we really don’t want this. I think that in some of this cases the problem is because the education of parents. I think that what parents plant in their children in some way it would affect them by the time they grow up. For example, if a child has parents who get out all night and get drunk and all of this things maybe the child would learn this and do the same by the time they grow up. Or also they could plant good thing and maybe the child would learn about that and do the same.
Other problem that is affecting people is the second hand smoking which affects people very much because for example, if I am beside a person witch is smoking I consume all the smoke of that person so that affects me almost like if I were smoking and this has happen to me occasionally. Many times I have be on restaurants were people beside me starts to smoke and all the smoke gets to me. I really think that this is very rood and a very bad example. I think that people should go to other place to smoke because I think that is very disrespectful with the people who don’t likes that.
Well, I really wish that this changes because this concerns me very much and I am really worried about, I also think about other problems that I think that should change but these are the most that worries me.
Now you know what most concerns me and you also know a little about me. I really hope this changes! Bye
Well, I think that one of the most important issue that I first think about was of the people that are consuming alcohol and drugs very much. And what more worries me about this is that children like of only 13, 14, 15, and so on are drinking too much alcohol. And if this people at this age are starting drinking, how is going to be on the future? What more concerns me about this is that this is affecting also other people. for example, many accidents had occur because of drunk people driving, and the rest of the people in the car is also affected by this accident and many people had died by this, and we really don’t want this. I think that in some of this cases the problem is because the education of parents. I think that what parents plant in their children in some way it would affect them by the time they grow up. For example, if a child has parents who get out all night and get drunk and all of this things maybe the child would learn this and do the same by the time they grow up. Or also they could plant good thing and maybe the child would learn about that and do the same.
Other problem that is affecting people is the second hand smoking which affects people very much because for example, if I am beside a person witch is smoking I consume all the smoke of that person so that affects me almost like if I were smoking and this has happen to me occasionally. Many times I have be on restaurants were people beside me starts to smoke and all the smoke gets to me. I really think that this is very rood and a very bad example. I think that people should go to other place to smoke because I think that is very disrespectful with the people who don’t likes that.
Well, I really wish that this changes because this concerns me very much and I am really worried about, I also think about other problems that I think that should change but these are the most that worries me.
Now you know what most concerns me and you also know a little about me. I really hope this changes! Bye
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